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Isotopic Thermometry

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Thermodynamics of Minerals and Melts

Part of the book series: Advances in Physical Geochemistry ((PHYSICAL GEOCHE,volume 1))

Abstract

In his classic paper on “The thermodynamic properties of isotopic substances,” Harold Urey (1947) suggested that the small differences in chemical properties of the stable isotopes of light elements could be used for geological thermometry. In particular, he noted that the extent to which 18O was preferentially concentrated in calcium carbonate, relative to water from which it is precipitated, would be temperature dependent, and might therefore be used to determine past oceanic temperatures. Urey’s expectation was soon realized, and the method of isotopic thermometry has subsequently been extended to almost all areas of earth science. This paper is restricted to a discussion of the thermometric aspects of isotopic fractionation and makes no attempt to review the whole field of stable isotope geochemistry, in which the tracer aspects of isotopic abundances also play a large role. Most of the discussion deals with fractionation of oxygen isotopes since this element has been exploited for thermometry to a far greater extent than sulfur, carbon, and hydrogen.

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Clayton, R.N. (1981). Isotopic Thermometry. In: Newton, R.C., Navrotsky, A., Wood, B.J. (eds) Thermodynamics of Minerals and Melts. Advances in Physical Geochemistry, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5871-1_5

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